Moise Tshombe

Moise Tshombe (10 November 1919-29 June 1969) was Prime Minister of Congo-Leopoldville from 10 July 1964 to 13 October 1965, succeeding Cyrille Adoula and preceding Evariste Kimba.

Biography
Moise Tshombe was born on 10 November 1919 in Musumba, Belgian Congo, Belgium. He was the son of a successful businessman, and he founded the CONAKAT party, which said that the Katanga region should keep its own resources. It was a Christian and anti-communist party, and he declared that any United Nations intervention would be met with force. Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba of Congo-Leopoldville called for UN intervention on behalf of the pro-Soviet Union government, so Tshombe and his allies executed Prime Minister Lumumba. Tshombe became Prime Minister of Congo-Leopoldville on 10 July 1964, and he fought against the Simba Rebellion, crushing Lumumba's communist supporters. However, in 1965 France's SDECE agency hijacked his plane and flew him to Algeria, where he died in 1969 of "heart failure"; it is very possible that Tshombe was murdered to prevent him from returning to power.